Taking Socialism Seriously
Author | : Richard Schmitt |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2012-03-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780739166376 |
ISBN-13 | : 0739166379 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and economic arrangements within a socialist system. They also break important new paths by calling for significant social change, examining detailed questions that have previously been neglected and setting a new direction for radical theorists. Critics are often convinced that there is no alternative and therefore are content to reform capitalism. This book affirms that another world is possible.